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Joint GWP CEE/DMCSEE training: UNCCD global framework on Drought Management and the regional response by Jamal Annagylyjova
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UNCCD global
framework on
Drought
Management and
the regional
response United Nations Convention
to Combat Desertification
Joint DMCSEE / GWP CEE capacity
building training
From monitoring to end users
3 October 2014
Jamal Annagylyjova
Programme Officer
Central and Eastern Europe
UNCCD global
framework
2013-2015
Subject Outline
Subject UNCCD Priorities 2013-2015
3/19
Post- 2015 Land
degradation neutrality
Land –based
adaptation
Productive land for secure future
Subject
Post 2015: Sustainable Development Goals
4/19
• 2.4 by 2030 ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters, and that progressively improve land and soil quality
Goal 2. End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture
• 6.4 by 2030, substantially increase water-use efficiency across all sectors and ensure sustainable withdrawals and supply of freshwater to address water scarcity, and substantially reduce the number of people suffering from water scarcity
Goal 6. Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all
• 15.3 by 2020, combat desertification, and restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land-degradation neutral world
Goal 15. Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss
Subject
Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN)
5/19
2012-- Rio+20 declaration says “…strive to achieve a land
degradation neutral world in the context of sustainable development”
2013 – COP11 sets up Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) to
develop science based definition of LDN
2014 – to support the IWG with practical evidence 14 pilot projects
are being launched to test LDN approach
October 2015 – COP 12 decides on the LDN
Subject
Land-based adaptation
Land-based adaptation is a pathway to resilience and security – food
security, water security, energy security, economic security and even
human security
UNCCD activities on land-based adaptation:
Explore mechanisms which drive land-based adaptation measures
Cooperation with other UN and multilateral bodies
Demonstrate the multiple benefits of land restoration, including
climate change adaptation and poverty alleviation (2014 Climate
Change Summit and 2015 UNFCCC COP 21)
6/19
Subject
GM Programme on Liaison -
Land, Security and Resilience
(LLSR)
Mission:
The main aim is to increase investments in sustainable land-based
practices to improve people’s livelihoods, while maintaining healthy
ecosystems.
LLSR also works to improve the resilience of local communities to
food and water insecurity , droughts and climate change:
Build national capacities and enhance resilience to drought
and climate change, sustainable land management finance,
Support the implementation of national drought policies,
land-based adaptation to climate change
7/19
Regional
respond
Subject Outline
Subject 9/19
Capacity Development to Support National Drought
Management Policies
Eastern Europe, March 2013
Latin America and the Caribbean, December 2013
Africa, 2014
Asia-Pacific, 2014
November 2014 – North Africa
International wrap-up conference at the end of
2014/beginning 2015
High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy
(HMNDP), 12 March 2013, Geneva, Switzerland
Subject Regional Workshops
“Capacity Development to Support National
Drought Management Policies for Eastern
European Countries”, 9 - 11 July 2013 Romania
11/19
Subject Regional Workshops
“Capacity Development to Support National
Drought Management Policies for Eastern
European Countries”, 9 - 11 July 2013 Romania
12/19
Main observations for the region:
Awareness of drought impacts is limited among wider public
The losses caused by drought have not been well communicated
to the higher decision-making level
While there is high research capacity in the field of drought
monitoring, vulnerability and impact assessment, there is a need
for enhanced cooperation and networking between various
stakeholders
Several countries mentioned the need to improve national
drought monitoring and development of drought risk
management systems
Subject 13/19
Main observations for the region (cont.):
Major challenges for NDMP?
Contradictory policies and conflicting responsibilities
Lack of awareness about drought , not a top policy priority
Lack of financial resources
Existing experience?
• Romania - National committee for drought is recently reactivated
• Turkey -Agricultural drought plan updated annually
• Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Boasnia&Herzegovina –
UNCCD National Action Programmes are under elaboration
Regional Workshops
“Capacity Development to Support National
Drought Management Policies for Eastern
European Countries”, 9 - 11 July 2013 Romania
Subject Central and Eastern Europe
(Annex V) of UNCCD
17/19
Consultations to develop of the Regional Action Programme
(RAP) for CEE:
Task force (National Focal Points , Science and
Technology Correspondents, civil society
organizations)
Paper for discussion is in progress.
Preliminary proposals for the regional cooperation platform:
Drought mitigation and disaster preparedness - one of
the suggested areas for regional cooperation in CEE
Subject
Building awareness on cost of drought
14/19
Communication from the
Commission to the European
Parliament and the Council in
2007, the costs evolving from
drought and water scarcity [in EU]
amounted to €100 billion over the
past 30 years.
Drought in 2003 in Bosnia and
Herzegovina caused 200 mln Euro
in agricultural damage (National
reports)
Subject 15/19
22nd OSCE Economic and Environmental Summit, Prague, September
2014 – UNCCD:
• Drought is a slow-onset disaster which affects more people and larger
areas
• Southern and Eastern Europe as the region likely to be seriously
affected by drought
• Prevention cost for slow-on set disaster are less than mitigation cost
• OSCE member states can already start to take bold action on
preventing and restoring degraded land; by understanding the
economic costs and opportunities; by enhancing collaboration on
cross-border water resources and by developing national drought
management policies.
Subject 19/19
Conclusions and recommendations
Drought management is a priority for the SDGs and the UNCCD
As such COP12 is sought to address, at the highest level the progress
made on drought management.
Secretariat and partners to support further in the development of
national drought policies; partners should include GEF, for example,
with dedicated funds for drought issues
How do parties from the region see that UNCCD and FCCC – for
example- engage in synergies using drought / water scarcity as issue
for CC adaptation?
Thanks